An 



Class II. DUNLIN. 



web with a white fpot : the middle feathers of the 

 tail brown ; edges fpotted with black and pale red : 

 the exterior tipt and barred with white : the legs 

 of a dull pale green. 



W1l.orn.20s. Danis Domfneppe, Ryle. 20 c. Dun 

 Raiifyn. a<v. 109. Brunnicb, 167, & 173.' LIN . 



Tntiga alpina. Lin./yfi. 249. Kieinfte Schnepfe, or Kleinfte 

 Faun. Suec. fp. 181. Sandlceuffer. Frifch, II. 



La Beccafline d'Angleterre. 241. 



Brijfonau. V. 309. Br. Zed. 126. tab. fig. 2. 



'**Tp s HIS fpecies is at once diftinguifhed from the Descrip. 



others by the fingularity of its colors. The 

 back, head, and upper part of the neck are fer- 

 ruginous, marked with large black fpots : the low- 

 er part of the neck white, marked with more 

 dufky flreaks : the coverts of the wings afh color : 

 the belly white, marked with* large black fpots, or 

 with a black crefcent pointing towards the thighs : 

 the tail afh colored, the two middle feathers the 

 darkeft : legs black : toes divided to their origin. 

 In fize it is fuperior to that of a lark. Thefe birds 

 are found on our fea coafts -, but may be reckoned 

 among the more rare kinds. They lay four egpjs 

 of a dirty white color, blotched with brown round 

 the thicker end, and marked with a few fmall fpots 

 of the fame color on the fmaller end. I received the 

 eggs from Denmark ; but as I have mot thefe birds 

 in May, and again in Augujl, on the ihores of 

 I i 3 Flintjlrire, 



